HADAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HADAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HADAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HADAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HADAL
No single letter turns HADAL into another word.
How HADAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HADAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does HADAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean, generally below about six thousand meters, deeper than the abyssal zone.
Oceanographers use hadal specifically for the extreme depths found in ocean trenches, a zone so far below the surface that sunlight never reaches it and pressure crushes almost anything not built to withstand it. The word borrows its root from Hades, the underworld of Greek myth, fitting for a realm scientists only began exploring in detail with deep-diving submersibles and remote vehicles. Life does exist at hadal depths, but it is sparse, slow-growing, and adapted to cold, darkness, and pressure that would instantly kill surface organisms. Because trenches like the Mariana Trench are among the only places on Earth that reach hadal depth, the term names one of the planet's least explored environments.
How HADAL is used
A specialist term in oceanography and marine biology, describing ocean trenches rather than open deep water in general.
- Researchers lowered a camera into the hadal depths of the trench.
- Few creatures survive the crushing pressure of the hadal zone.
- The submersible was built specifically to withstand hadal conditions.
- Scientists discovered new species living at hadal depths.
- The chart marked the boundary between abyssal and hadal waters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HADAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HADAL
Common questions about HADAL
- Is HADAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HADAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HADAL worth?
- HADAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HADAL mean?
- Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean, generally below about six thousand meters, deeper than the abyssal zone.
- What letters can be added to HADAL?
- No single letter can be added to HADAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HADAL:
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